PlanetaryNebula
Call me Nebs
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Why grade/ level do you teach at?Ha, if they don't know that they can't whine in my class, then they deserve to fail. But on my syllabus this fall, I am putting, "If you tell me a story of why your life is so terrible that you cannot be expected to do the work that everyone else is doing, (1) we will stack this against what I have on my plate, and see how you measure up, and (2) if I win, I will take half the credit off your best exam."
This is the companion to "Extra credit is for students who have already demonstrated that they can do the classwork and want more of a challenge. This is not high school, and you can't do extra stuff because you chose not to do the assigned work."
Well, they can't fire me. Not for that, anyway. There could be people who would like to talk to me sternly, but they have no power over me, so I don't care. I mostly just think that it wouldn't do any good. It would make me feel better, but all it would really serve is to get him mad at me rather than accepting the fact that he will get the grade that he earned.